ARNUM

African Research Network for Urban Management

CASSAD

Centre for African Settlement Studies and Development

CBD

central business district [South Africa]

CBO

community-based organization

CIAPOL

Centre ivoirien anti-pollution (Ivorian antipollution centre)

CWRSC

Cemtral Witswatersrand Regional Services Council [South Africa]

DAI

Département d’Assainissement et d’Infrastructure (department of sanitation and infrastructure) [Côte d’Ivoire]

DCC

Dar es Salaam City Council [Tanzania]

DCGTx

Direction et contrôle des grands travaux (department of major public works) [Côte d’Ivoire]

DFR

Durban Functional Region [South Africa]

DSSD

Dar es Salaam Sewage and Sanitation Department [Tanzania]

EIA

environmental-impact assessment

EPC

Environmental Protection Commission [Nigeria]

FEPA

Federal Environmental Protection Agency [Nigeria]

FNA

Fonds national pour l’assainissement (national sanitation fund) [Côte d’Ivoire]

FNE

Fonds national de l’eau (national water fund) [Côte d’Ivoire]

GDP

gross domestic product

GJTMC

Greater Johannesburg Transitional Metropolitan Council [South Africa]

GRA

government-reserved area [Nigeria]

GURI

Global Urban Research Initiative

IDRC

International Development Research Centre [Canada]

IUSB

Ibadan Urban Sanitation Board [Nigeria]

IUSC

Ibadan Urban Sanitation Committee [Nigeria]

JCC

Johannesburg City Council [South Africa]

MLHUD

Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development [Tanzania]

MOE

ministère d’Environnement (Ministry of Environment) [Côte d’Ivoire]

MSS

Metropolitan Sub-Structure [South Africa]

MTI

Ministry of Trade and Industries [Tanzania]

MWEM

Ministry of Water, Energy and Minerals [Tanzania]

NDE

National Directorate of Employment [Nigeria]

NEMC

National Environmental Management Council [Tanzania]

NGO

nongovernmental organization

NISER

Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research

NLGNF

National Local Government Negotiating Forum [South Africa]

NUWA

National Urban Water Authority [Tanzania]

PMO

Prime Minister’s Office [Côte d’Ivoire; Tanzania]

RCC

refuse-collection charge

RDC

refuse-disposal charge

RDP

Reconstruction and Development Programme [South Africa]

SDP

Sustainable Dar es Saalam Project [Tanzania]

SETU

Société d’équipement des terrains urbains (state land-development agency) [Côte d’Ivoire]

SIIC

Service d’inspection des installations classées (classified installations inspection service) [Côte d’Ivoire]

SITA

Société industrielle des transports automobiles (industry group for automobile transportation) [France]

SITAF

Société industrielle des transports automobiles africains (private solid-waste operator) [Côte d’Ivoire]

SODECI

Socété des eaux de Côte d’Ivoire (Côte d’Ivoire water company)

TEOM

taxe d’enlèvement des ordures ménagères (tax for household-refuse removal) [Côte d’Ivoire]

TLC

Transitional Local Council [South Africa]

TMC

Transitional Metropolitan Council [South Africa]